Stop Burning Tokens on Claude Code: The /model Trick That Changed Everything

A walkthrough of Claude Code's /model command and model-switching strategies (Opus Plan Mode, ⌥+P mid-prompt switching, the Sandwich Workflow) that dramatically reduce token burn — especially relevant now that Opus 4.6 eats limits for breakfast.

You know the feeling. It's 10 AM, you've been in Claude Code for maybe an hour, and suddenly you're staring at the dreaded "usage limit" message. What happened?

If you're running Opus 4.6, you're not imagining it. The community has been loud about this one — what used to last a full week now runs out in two days with identical workflows. One developer on…